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    Training project that aims to make screen sector more accessible gets funding boost

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    Netball participation among adults is growing as women seek a sense of community

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    Fibroid advocate takes the stage at Everywoman Festival to raise awareness of this common condition

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    The last act? Wales’ arts sector faces an uncertain future in challenging times

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    Fashion crisis unwrapped: The ‘rental revolution’ for Welsh consumers’ wardrobes

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Poet Cal Ellis stands holding a copy of his poem 'The Dragon in a Bally'
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‘I’m proud to be from Wales, but I don’t think I’ve got much of a nationalist streak’

Local poet Cal Ellis talks about using the written word to highlight the reality of growing up in Cardiff 
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Junior inspires upcoming Cardiff bands

With the launch of CanU magazine, we take a look at how Junior’s recent overseas tour has paved a way for Welsh up and coming artists
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Launch of CRASH poetry night unveils local creative talent

A new poetry night organised by two local poets delivered a broad range of experimental poetry and is set to return in the new year
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Cardiff artist’s first solo exhibition

Zena Blackwell’s art explores the anxieties of motherhood in a new exhibition at Cardiff MADE
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‘The world of board games has been my first work environment to feel like home’

Manager Rhys Chamberlain hopped from job to job before landing the jackpot at one of Cardiff’s most popular board game...
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Local graffiti artist brightens up run-down residential street

Cardiff-based street artist, Unity, helped the council “make people smile” with her colourful paintings on Fanny Street
44-year-old Ben Rive, a man with a brown stubbly beard, stands smiling, facing the camera, in front of the Penarth Pier Pavilion.
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‘Covid-19 pandemic showed me the fragility of my dream job running an indie cinema’

Part-time indie cinema manager Ben Rive almost quit his day job to become a full-time cinephile, but the pandemic has left him glad he didn’t
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Voxpop: Are charity shops are changing the way their high streets are viewed?

The presence of charity shops is causing concern as communities in South Wales are forced to question how charity shops affect high streets
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In depth: Cardiff’s virtual reality

Can virtual reality headsets be used as 'empathy machines'? Cardiff’s creative agencies are raising awareness using VR
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Jacob’s Antiques hosts poetry event

Cardiff Poetry Experiment, a poetry reading series comes to Jacob’s Antiques
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